Groesbeckistan Inc.

!VISIT ME AT TUMBLR!

2012-02-01T15:27:00.003-07:00

Hi all,

I have decided to get a tumblr blog going because I wanted to play around with bigger pictures. Please come look at my work there!misskanz.tumblr.com

xoxo

untangled

2011-04-18T13:25:00.004-06:00

A comb made from up-cycled and recycled material. I have designed this product to feel like a stone in your hand, smooth and substantial like you let it sit in the river for a while until the curves were worn to perfection.

These are all hand sanded and take on their own characteristics, especially the colored combs.

(for some reason one of these is showing a bumpy edge up top. That is the smoothest part!? Blame it on photoshop.)

rock candy

2011-04-16T18:02:00.003-06:00

About 3 weeks ago I started working on carving up rings to be cast in silver.

I have been working with a material called chroma. As all of you know that have seen it, your mouth waters in hopes it actually tastes like a block of Jolly Rancher...it doesn't.

It is really mesmerizing. The more you work with it the more you feel like you are actually cutting away to reveal a gem.

On with the funny coincidence of the story. As you can se two of these pictures are rings and 1 of them is an unfortunate ring pop or something that little kid lost while running through the back alley of Olympus Hills. How bizarre that the colors of shattered candy happened to be the exact colors of my rings...I had to smile...and take a picture :)

Enjoy your Saturday night

xoxo miss kanz

words of the wonderful Annie Hawkins

2011-02-18T11:30:00.006-07:00

Listen to Annie, she knows what's up, trust me...

"I feel that the "key" to life is remaining true to your beliefs through all that this life puts us through. I chose the Luna key today because I feel like no matter what arises your beliefs are reflected (like the light on the luna key) through all that you do and say."

We are selling the pair because so often it is another person that influences you and keeps you grounded when things get tough. So, keep one for yourself and give one to that awesome person in your life.

The Luna key is on 18" black roping.

Click H E R E to make this pair of keys yours! xoxo miss kanz

* P R A Y *

2011-02-09T15:55:00.007-07:00

Today I got back some really cool pieces from the workshop.

THEN I had this idea. Everyday I am going to make something new and original and put it up on the website. When it is gone it's gone and it will only be up for 24 hours. I hope to sell this special piece everyday. That would be incredible if I could somehow make that happen, so please tell your friends.

A B O U T > P I E C E

This piece contains a section of a tibetan prayer flag. It is meant to remind us that all over the world people are praying for all things positive. I have always loved these flags. When I see them on a building or strung up on someone's front porch, I always take note if it. Without fail. Traditionally the flag is meant to wave in the wind and each time it does prayers are released into the world. When the fabric is all tattered and faded, the prayers are gone and a new string is put up in it's place to start the process again.

I wanted to remind myself of that process, allowing the wind to be useful, it's only job apparently isn't to annoy me when I am wearing lipgloss and my hair is down...please, tell me you know what I am talking about. It is a force that can be harnessed to release anything you can image.

I will leave you with this. xo

"My greatest weapon is mute prayer"

-Mahatma Gandhi-

To purchase the piece of the day click the link below.

www.ambreindustries.com

today, in the studio

2010-07-20T16:55:00.009-06:00

T H E > B I G > D E B A T E >

Do Paintings Really Make Themselves?

These are the paintings I have been producing. I keep trying to make things that are subtle. It's not working. This inability to control what I paint is irritating sometimes. I feel like I am courting these canvases; I go forward, I go back, a walk around, I add color, I have to leave, I keep peaking, I add a mark. Before I know it some painting exists. What is this dance we do as artists, it is stresses me out much of the time. But I wouldn't want to be doing anything else, I suppose. Time to quit for the day, the love affair can continue another time.

kimiko yoshida

2010-06-29T12:07:00.005-06:00

This is one of my new favorite artists. She is actually a photographer but she is obviously a lot more than that. I find her work to be utterly incredible. This is visual anthropology to the highest degree, check out the rest of her work (www.kimiko.fr).

the mark-makers : camino de santiago, spain

2010-06-23T09:35:00.007-06:00

I just trekked across northern Spain, for a month, with Joel Addams, a great friend and great photographer. We spent each day walking 8 hours in a foreign country along a time-old trail that would win us a free ticket out of purgatory, we figured it was a good idea.

This was a journey of a lifetime. In a way, it was the not so special parts that became special. Nothing was so grand that it knocked you off your feet (well the cathedrals are phenomenal, obviously), but it was the silence being broken by a herd of cow bells on the hillside or the tireless crickets that chirped around the clock. These things are usually missing from my life and that is a shame, but in my control, smile.

There will be more thoughts and photos to come from this trek, in the meantime I wanted to share a few of the things along the way that inspired the mark-maker in me; the great care put into this Albergue advertisement, the Miro look alike, the shredded layers of a billboard in the middle of nowhere, and a door carved with care...translation anyone. glorious.

artist raymond saunders

2010-06-22T16:32:00.001-06:00

This artist, Raymond Saunders rocks my world. He was showing in a gallery close to Union Square in San Francisco. I think he is one of the first artists i've seen that uses a mostly primary color palette but somehow makes it look mature. I don't know if you can tell from the pictures, but he uses a lot of mixed media and collage to create what seems to be large asian inspired/looking pieces. I am just such a huge fan. Check him out if you are interested, he has a few books I believe...

fall anthropologie windows

2009-07-25T17:39:00.002-06:00

* rubber band installation *

2009-06-23T20:48:00.001-06:00

honeycombs

2009-03-28T12:36:00.001-06:00

thanksgiving flower arrangements

2008-11-23T16:56:00.001-07:00

kaleidoscope book: making order from chaos

2008-11-02T18:34:00.000-07:00

letterpressed love story

2008-11-02T18:24:00.003-07:00

gutenburg bible part I (sewn)

2008-10-08T12:56:00.004-06:00

I have been sewing these fabulous books for a private project owned by a bookbinder working in salt lake city. the dimension of the book is roughly 13 x 19 x 4 inches thick. these books were printed in the 1960's by a man in new york city. the pages were bought by a book binder and he is now in the process of completing 1oo books (each containing an old and new testament in separate books).

lighting

2008-09-29T14:50:00.000-06:00

2008-09-29T14:35:00.001-06:00

coin series i designed for Farm Fresh Rhode Island. hopefully the ten dollar will come out in the winter!

pillowface

2008-09-29T13:54:00.003-06:00

Groesbeckistan Inc.

!VISIT ME AT TUMBLR!

*untangled*

*rock candy*

*words of the wonderful Annie Hawkins*

* P R A Y *

*today, in the studio*

*kimiko yoshida*

*the mark-makers : camino de santiago, spain*

*artist raymond saunders*

*fall anthropologie windows*

* rubber band installation *

*honeycombs*

*thanksgiving flower arrangements*

*kaleidoscope book: making order from chaos*

*letterpressed love story*

*gutenburg bible part I (sewn)*

*lighting*

*pillowface*